dump-utmp (8) Linux Manual Page
dump-utmp – print an utmp file in human-readable format.
Synopsis
dump-utmp [-r|–reverse] [-R|–raw] [-n|–num recs] [-h|–help] [ files]
Description
dump-utmp filename prints a list of all logins. This list is usually written in /var/log/wtmp. All fields are separated by vertical line. Fields are: user name, tty, type, id, pid, hostaddr, host, time.
Options
- -h, –help
- Prints the usage string and default locations of system files to standard output and exits.
- -n, –num recs
- Number of lines to print.
- -r, –reverse
- Start printing from last records.
- -R, –raw
- Print raw records, not human-readable.
Files
- wtmp
- The system wide login record file. See wtmp(5) for further details.
See Also
login(1), wtmp(5), init(8), sa(8).
Author
The GNU accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg <noel [at] gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
This manual page was written by Ognyan Kulev <ogi [at] fmi.uni-sofia.bg> and updated by Daniel Baumann <daniel [at] debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).